Monthly Archives: March 2009

MINI E arrives in US

March 20, 2009 – 12:08 pm

The first batch of MINI Es has arrived in the US.
A sharp-eyed ‘Revenge’ fan sent us these exclusive pictures from a holding facility in Central California, where the cars are being prepped for delivery.
BMW have promised 500 cars for the US market – and judging by what we saw, most of them are already here [...]

By P.G. Morgan | Posted in Production News | Tagged | Comments (5)

Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

March 20, 2009 – 2:41 am

President Obama is making good on his promise to spearhead the EV revolution. During a visit to Southern California Edison’s Pomona EV test facility, he launched a $2.4 billion competitive grant program for US battery makers.
It’s all part of the Obama administration’s plan get to 1 million plug in hybrids on the road by 2015.
Here’s [...]

By Lisa Rein | Posted in EV Economics, Obama Energy | Comments (3)

Gearing up for the MINI E

March 12, 2009 – 8:00 am

If you’ve been following the BMW MINI E program unveiled officially on November 19th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show you’ll know the process for being selected as a potential MINI E driver is a multistep one.  The window to apply for a lease of a MINI E was from November 19th to December [...]

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Florida’s EV Tax Break

March 11, 2009 – 11:23 am

Josh Hafenbrack posts this informative entry covering the status of Hasner’s Florida State electric car tax break on the SunSentinel.com.
Florida State Representative (and House Majority Leader) Adam Hasner (R)  has just introduced the bill HB 879 – Financial Incentives for Electric Vehicles.
From Josh’s article:
As the House Energy and Utilities Committee gave its stamp of approval [...]

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Bring on the EV Trucks

March 9, 2009 – 2:08 pm

More electric trucks! I love that this market is blooming.
Fleet vehicles are perfect for EVs, since the routes are very predictable and tend to be within 100 miles per day. It’s easy to spec out a battery pack with enough kWh for a given size of truck to hit 60-80-100 miles, whatever the given fleet [...]

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Fisker Automotive Karma ad airs on KTLA

March 1, 2009 – 9:30 am

Last Thursday, I flipped on the KTLA 5 news around 10:30pm, while grabbing a late dinner, and caught a Fisker Automotive Karma ad…on TV!  I was caught completely and pleasantly by surprise seeing this great ad, as I don’t think we’ve yet seen any other EV/PHEV specific ads from any of the smaller start-ups.
Justifying the [...]

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